Washington State Patrol Trooper Jeff Sevigney says the deputy used the chokehold after the man kept struggling despite three Taser shocks.

The case began at Oz Fitness on Spokane's South Hill, where the man was lifting weights in the gym. Witnesses say he started throwing weights and screaming, and he punched a hole in a wall and knocked down a paper towel dispenser.

He ran out of the gym into traffic and was confronted by deputies.

-- The Associated Press

Goats back to tidy steep Seattle slopes

The goats have returned to munch their way through the blackberry bushes, thistles, nettles and long grasses that thrive in many steep areas of downtown Seattle.

The Seattle Transportation Department hires the goat herd annually to help tidy up areas under the Alaskan Way Viaduct. The department says the areas are too steep for human crews to access easily and using the goats avoids the need for herbicides.

The herd of 120 goats started work Thursday. After about 10 days at one location, they'll be moved to another.

Agency spokeswoman Marybeth Turner says the goats from Rent a Ruminant arrived in a trailer via ferry from their Vashon Island home.

-- The Associated Press

Idaho State Police trooper shoots motorist on I-90

MULLAN, Idaho -- Officials have released the name of a Montana man who was shot and killed during a struggle over a gun with an Idaho sheriff's deputy.

Alexander L. Mandarino, 26, of Whitefish, Mont., died shortly after being shot along Interstate 90, about 2 miles west of the Idaho-Montana state line, the Kootenai County sheriff's office said in a news release Thursday afternoon.

A Shoshone County deputy responded shortly before noon Wednesday for a welfare check on the driver, whose car was parked in a turnout area near Lookout Pass. An Idaho State Police trooper arrived to assist.

The deputy discovered the man had a gun, and as the two struggled over the weapon, the trooper shot the driver. Neither the deputy nor the trooper was hurt.

Both law enforcement officers were placed on administrative leave while the shooting is investigated.

Mandarino was taken to Shoshone Medical Center in Kellogg, where he was later pronounced dead.

Kootenai County officials said an autopsy was performed Thursday, but the results weren't released. Toxicology tests could take up to two months, officials said.